Famous British Sports Administrators

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Sean Dyche
(Association football player)
Sean Dyche
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Birthdate: June 28, 1971
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kettering, England
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 2 
Tony Adams
(Football manager)
Tony Adams
3
Birthdate: October 10, 1966
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Romford, England
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 3 
Jim Ratcliffe
(Businessperson)
Jim Ratcliffe
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Birthdate: October 18, 1952
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Failsworth, Lancashire, England
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 4 
Neil Warnock
(Association football player)
Neil Warnock
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Birthdate: December 1, 1948
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Sheffield, England
 5 
Mike Phelan
(Football player)
Mike Phelan
3
Birthdate: September 24, 1962
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Nelson, England
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 6 
Steve Coppell
(Football Manager & Player)
Steve Coppell
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Birthdate: July 9, 1955
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 7 
Garry Monk
(Football manager, former footballer as a centre back)
Garry Monk
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Birthdate: March 6, 1979
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bedford, England, United Kingdom
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 8 
Andrew Strauss
(Former Captain of English Cricket Team)
Andrew Strauss
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Birthdate: March 2, 1977
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 9 
Phil Thompson
(Football player)
Phil Thompson
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Birthdate: January 21, 1954
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 10 
Terry McDermott
(Football Player & Coach)
Terry McDermott
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Birthdate: December 8, 1951
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 11 
Ebenezer Cobb Morley
(One of the Fathers of the Football Association)
Ebenezer Cobb Morley
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Birthdate: August 16, 1831
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died: November 20, 1924
 12 
Greg Dyke
(Media Executive)
Greg Dyke
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Birthdate: May 20, 1947
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Hayes, Middlesex, England
 13 
David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter
(English Athlete and Politician Who Won the Gold Medal in 400m Hurdles at the 1928 Summer Olympics)
David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter
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Birthdate: February 9, 1905
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Peterborough, England
Died: October 22, 1981

An enthusiastic runner since his student life, David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, began participating in professional events from the age of nineteen, eventually winning a gold medal in the 400-metre hurdles at the 1928 Olympic Games and a silver at 1932 Olympics. Also a Conservative Party member, he remained associated with different sports organizations even after his retirement.

 14 
Rosi Sexton
(British Sports Therapist, Politician and Retired Mixed Martial Artist)
Rosi Sexton
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Birthdate: July 16, 1977
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Versailles, France
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 15 
Stanley Rous
(6th President of FIFA)
Stanley Rous
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Birthdate: April 25, 1895
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Mutford, East Suffolk, England
Died: July 18, 1986
 16 
David Artell
(Football manager, Former footballer centre back)
David Artell
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Birthdate: November 22, 1980
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Rotherham, England
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 17 
Keith Alexander
(Saint Lucian Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Centre Forward)
Keith Alexander
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Birthdate: November 14, 1956
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Nottingham, England
Died: March 3, 2010
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 18 
Ron Noades
(Businessperson, Football manager)
Ron Noades
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Birthdate: June 22, 1937
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: London, England
Died: December 24, 2013
 19 
Renato William Jones
(Basketball player)
Renato William Jones
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Birthdate: October 5, 1906
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: April 22, 1981
 20 
Colin Addison
(Association football player, Association football manager)
Colin Addison
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Birthdate: May 18, 1940
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Taunton, England, United Kingdom
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 21 
Barbara Slater
(English Sports Producer and Former Gymnast)
Barbara Slater
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Birthdate: May 10, 1959
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Sports producer Barbara Slater is also a former gymnast and Olympian. Born into a family with a footballer father and a cricketer uncle, she was destined to step into sports. She now heads BBC Sport as its director. She is also a talented diver and squash player.